Brazil, April 24: Landslides and accidents caused by heavy rains have left at least 10 people dead in southern Brazil, emergency workers say.
Eight were killed in landslides that engulfed homes in the towns of Igrejinha and Novo Harmburgo in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, according to emergency workers. Three children, who were asleep, were among the victims when a tide of mud hit their home.
A man was electrocuted by power lines knocked down by the rainstorm in Sapucaia do Sul and a farmer was killed when a shed collapsed on him.
Rescue workers are still searching for two missing people believed to have been buried in Igrejinha and are evacuating areas at greatest risk of mudslides.
Flooding was reported near Porto Alegre, which is the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
In January, floods and landslides devastated a mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro and killed more than 800 people in Brazil’s second-worst natural disaster.
——–Agencies